Step 6: Solder the LED strips to the wires

Step 7: The final look

Had a great time at my annual Halloween party. Lots of people liked it, and that makes me feel great as it's my first attempt at making something like...

This project is SUPER EASY. I had never soldered or worked with LEDs prior to making this.

For this year's costume, I really wanted to make LED eyelashes since I just discovered tiny surface-mounted LEDs (SMD LEDs) - normally they are used on circuit boards

After doing some research, I found Soomi Park's version. While Soomi's design is pretty amazing, I wanted mine to be worn on the top lashes and have an almost continuous line of LEDs. To do this, I used 0805 SMD LEDs (2.00 x 1.25 x 1.1 mm) instead of the regular sized 3 mm. Not only can they be spaced closer together, they are also very lightweight.

To be honest, not at all. When I first experimented with one, it got a bit warm, but never uncomfortably so. When I actually wore them on Halloween, I never noticed the warmth at all. Perhaps it was because it was cold outside, but I never even felt it warm. It's very low heat if anything.

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